The Big West Conference match against UC Santa Barbara was the regular-season finale, the Gauchos are Scatliffe's alma mater and playing in the No. 1 slot for UC Santa Barbara is Scatliffe's sister, April Scatliffe. And to top it all off, the No. 1 singles match would determine the team winner.

April Scatliffe took the opening set from Iveta Masarova 7-6 before Masarova came roaring back to take the next two 6-2, 6-2 to give Pacific the victory at 4-3.

"I had a slow start," Masarova said. "I started out 0-4 and came back, but I still lost the opener.

"I felt pressure after that, but I believed I could do that."

The No. 1 match was the last of the day to finish, so the crowd was able to give its full attention and enthusiasm to that match.

The coach was pleased in looking back at her first season at the helm of the Pacific (9-12, 4-4 Big West).

"I am really excited," she said. "Life as a first-year head coach was everything I could have imagined probably because of Pacific athletics. Finishing on our home court against my alma mater and being tied 3-3 and coming down to our No. 1 (Masarova) against my sister allowed me to gain some significant experience."

St. Mary's High graduate Christiana Ferrari ended the day with mixed results. She won her doubles match with teammate Regina Suarez 8-3 to help the Tigers get the team point. Playing at No. 3, Ferrari lost her singles match to Paola Cos 6-3, 6-0.

"It was so much fun being a freshman on this team," Ferrari said. "It felt like I had been on the team forever because that is how close we all are. I think we all just wanted this match because this was our last match of the season and it was at home."

Masarova and Hana Ritterova won their doubles match, and Ritterova and Gergana Boncheva won their singles matches.

Pacific will travel to Palm Springs to compete in the Big West Conference championships on April 25.

"We are going into Big West to do some damage," Charlotte Scatliffe said.

"Any day anybody can be hot. We have always been focusing on the Big West tournament and I am so happy we can build off of this last match going into the Big West."